Lahey Hospital & Medical Center Named One of the Nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics

One of Five Hospitals in Massachusetts, and the only one in Greater Boston, to make Truven Health’s list

BURLINGTON, Mass. – March 4, 2014 – Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, the flagship hospital of Lahey Health, was today named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® by Truven Health AnalyticsTM. It was the only hospital in the Greater Boston area to receive the honor.

“We are pleased to be included among Truven Health’s 100 Top Hospitals in the United States,” said Lahey Health President and CEO Howard Grant, MD, JD. “This recognition demonstrates our ability to deliver safe, high quality and efficient care close to home while remaining innovative and forward-thinking – and that is Lahey Health.”

The Truven Health 100 Top Hospitals® study identifies hospitals and leadership teams that provide the highest level of value to their communities, based on a national balanced scorecard. The 100 Top Hospitals balanced scorecard measures hospital performance across 10 areas: mortality; inpatient complications; patient safety; average patient stay; expenses; profitability; patient satisfaction; adherence to clinical standards of care; and post-discharge mortality and readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), heart failure, and pneumonia. The study has been conducted annually since 1993. This is the first time Lahey Hospital & Medical Center has been recognized with this honor.

“This year’s 100 Top Hospitals represent the highest national standards in hospital care and management today. They set the benchmarks for peers around the country to follow — consistently delivering outstanding quality of care, satisfaction, and community value at a reasonable cost,” said Jean Chenoweth, senior vice president for performance improvement and the 100 Top Hospitals® program at Truven Health Analytics. “The majority of the 2014 award winners have produced year-to-year performance improvement, as well. This speaks to the consistent focus on excellence by the entire organization and the men and women who serve patients.”

Truven Health’s study shows that if all hospitals in the U.S. performed at the level of this year's winners:

About Lahey Health Lahey Health is what’s next in healthcare providing a full continuum of integrated health services close to where you live or work. It comprises nationally recognized, award-winning hospitals—including an academic hospital and medical center, and community hospitals—primary care providers, specialist physicians, behavioral health services, post-acute programs such as home health services, skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities, and senior care resources located throughout northeastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire.